pintado

[ pin-tah-doh ]

noun

, plural pin·ta·dos, pin·ta·does.

1. cero ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of pintado¹

1595–1605; < Portuguese, past participle of pintar to paint < Vulgar Latin *pinctus painted. See pinta

Example Sentences

This partridge attains the size of the pintado.

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If you choose to take a shot-gun to-morrow you will find pintado, pigeons, parrots, ducks and geese abundant, only beware of the caiman, for the rivers literally swarm with them.

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The ship was now surrounded by albatrosses, penguins, and pintado birds.

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The albatross, stormy petrel, and pintado are our companions; yet there is a pleasure in stemming the apparently irresistible waves, and in wrestling thus with the elements.

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The French translation has petrels tachetes, i.e., “pintado petrels,” or cape pigeons. 101-1 More exactly, “On which it seems the Admiral had painted certain islands.”

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